Budget impact on disabled

Passage of the state budget brought jitters to service providers for the developmentally disabled Thursday. Susan Abram in the Daily News.

Many wondered how the $100 million in general funding cuts would affect day programs, in-house visits and services that help men and women live outside of institutions.

In Sacramento, nearly 200 people from groups that serve the developmentally disabled, along with beneficiaries of the programs and their families, gathered for one of three stakeholders meetings organized by the state's Department of Developmental Services.